NYCC: Agent Coulson is the Lead Character in S.H.I.E.L.D.

No, we have no idea how it's going to happen either, but at New York Comic Con today, it was announced via a video message from Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige that Agent Phil Coulson, played by Clark Gregg, would be back in a big way.

Said Feige, "There was never going to be a 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' show without Agent Phil Coulson," with Whedon adding, "He's headlining the S.H.I.E.L.D. show and always was."